CSS Treasure Chest Hop

Happy Friday Y'all!

Tonight I have gathered together with several of  my fellow Center Stage Alumni to introduce you to our first Treasure Chest Blog Hop.  The idea behind this hop is that we will be digging into the Treasure Chest from time to time and pulling out treasures to share with you.  Tonight we are sharing stamps from the Animal Kingdom...........Gina K's Animal Kingdom that is.  The challenge was to use any of the GKD sets that had an animal in it.  I chose to use the beautiful owl from the Hope Grows set illustrated by the talented Theresa Momber. 

You should have arrived at my blog from the ever so talented Lori McAree's blog, if not you can go back to StampTV and start from the beginning.  Really you should, you don't want to miss a thing!

I chose to follow along with this weeks Outlawz color challenge to use Lime, Charcoal and White and some bling.  I kinda tossed in a bit (okay a lot) of black too!  In an effort to use up some scrap my card is sized at 3 1/2" x 6".  I colored this adorable little owl with C1 and C3 Copics and sprinkled in some Stardust pen for a bit of glitz.  I cut the leafy flourish from some lime cardstock and then added some shadowing with YG03 and YG09 Copics.  To create the blinged out edging, I used both the postive and negative sections from the edge die.  I love how it worked out, I guess you would call that "seredipity."

Now that you have made it this far, I want to let you know that Gina K. is going to give away a free set valued at $24.95 or less to one lucky person.  Be sure to stop by each of the blogs along the hop and leave a comment.  Entering to win is as easy as that.  On Tuesday March 1, Gina will randomly choose a winner.  It could be you!

I am sending you on to Melissa Shultz's blog, where she has created a fabulous project for you.

Recipe:

Stamps:  Hope Grows-Gina K. Designs

Paper:  PL Smoky Slate, Black, White-GKD, Lime Green and Dot Print-SEI

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Extras:  Bling, Copics, Stardust pen, CPJ's Edge die, Sizzlets Leaf die, Octagon Nesties, CB EF

Happy Friday!

Sisterly Love!! :)

If you're here from the blog hops, WELCOME!!

So glad you stopped by. Please leave a comment so I can follow you back.

Be sure to enter my great giveaways (low entries on both):

KdBuggie Boutique

Kidorable

Have a nice weekend!!

CSS Alumni Challenge Blog Hop

Wow, here we are for another amazing Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop.  This time, we were given a great sketch to work with.  I am not sure why I chose to go with a Christmas theme as I am usually the last one to start thinking about making Christmas cards.  Maybe this year, I will get them done early! 

You should have come here from Karen's blog.  If not, you will want to go back and check it out.  Eye candy for sure!

I stamped the poinsettia from the GKD Year of Flowers set two times in Rich Cocoa Memento ink on PL Ivory cardstock.  The image was colored with Copic markers and cut out and layered for a 3D effect.  The center of the flower was embellished with a dollop of Glossy Accents that was covered with gold ultrafine glitter. 

I cut the half circles out of the top panels with my Large and Small Circle Nestabilities dies.  The card was finished off with some GKD Ivory ribbon and some MS Branch punchies.  I won't keep you any longer, so I am sending you on to Melissa's awesome blog for another treat!

Oh my stinkin heck........thanks Verve!.

So, I just went and checked the list of winners from the Anni-Verve-sary blog hop and my jaw dropped.........I won the jackpot of all jackpots.    I won a $100.00 gift certificate to Verve, oh what fun it will be to pick out new stamps!   Deb Horst was the lucky commenter from my blog, and she won a $75.00 gift certificate.  You can check out her blog here.



For a complete list of winners click here.  You never know, you might find your name too!

Happy Anni-Verve-sary!

Welcome to the Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop! Verve turns three today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! If you've already been hopping along, you arrived here from Jennifer Roach's blog. If not, head on over to Julee's Blog (owner of Verve), for all the info on how to win prizes (after all, what's a party without presents?), and to start hopping from the beginning. If there's a hiccup along the hop, you can always head to the Master Hop List to get the full list of links.

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I am thrilled to be hopping along and celebrating Verve's 3rd Birthday with you all.   For my card, I pulled out one of my very favorite Verve sets called Beautiful You.  I chose the Oprah quote to be the focus of my card. I think it is such a great quote.  I want to keep this short so that you have lots of time to hop around so I will  list the recipe below.  

Thanks for hopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Julie Lacey’s blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.



Stamp:  Beautiful You Set-Verve

Cardstocks:  Neenah Classic Crest Natural, Memory Box Seedling, Memory Box Stripe, Bo Bunny Double Dot

Inks:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger Antique Linen Distress

Embellies:  Prima Flowers, Crochet Ribbon, Rhinestones, MS Butterflies Punch, Twine, Button

CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there!  Tonight I am sharing a card that I created for for a blog hop being hosted by members of StampTV Center Stage Alumni. A group of us have decided to get together a couple of times a month and host a themed hop in order to share our love for Gina K. stamps.  For this hop we were given this photo as inspiration.  If you've arrived from my pal Lori McAree's blog then you're at the right place! To start at the beginning, please go to StampTV and hop from there.

As soon as I saw this picture I knew I would be using Melanie's adorable Candles on Your Cake set.  I was also inspired by the wonderful bright colors.in the photo and knew that the striped paper from the October Afternoon Farm Fresh pad would be perfect to create little presents with. I punched 1" squares from the paper and adhered them to some white Inchie squares. I tied 3 of them up like little gifts with some teeny tiny ribbon from my stash.  I stamped the bottom of the cupcake with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and then colored it with Copic markers (R29, R11).  The cupcake top was stamped with Memento Canteloupe ink and then I piled on some light yellow Liquid Pearls and a boatload of Limone' Art Institute glitter.  I attached the cupcake pieces to the forth Inchie square and adhered them all to a piece of Turquoise Sea  GKD PL cardstock and then layered to a white card that was embossed with dots.  The inside of the card was decorated using some of the scraps from the front. 

Whew, now I will send you on your way to Sherri Seffens's blog for some more amazing eye candy! 

Mother of All Blog Hops-Poppies

Welcome to the There She Goes Mother of All Blog Hops! If you have arrived here from Becky's amazing blog, then you are in the right spot. If not, I recommend that you start back on the There She Goes company blog to get the introduction to our hop as well as the information you will need in order to enter to win some exciting prizes!



Tonight I am featuring stamps from the TSG Poppies set that was recently released.  Can I tell you how much I love, love poppies and especially our uber beautiful California Poppies.  The flowers were embossed two times on watercolor paper with Gold EP and then watercolored with Tombow markers.  The second set of flowers were cut out and popped up over the first.

There's alot for you to see tonight, so I won't keep you. So I will send you on to Belinda's awesome blog for some more eye candy.





Hugs,

Christmas Treat Recipe Blog Hop

Several members of the Center Stage Spotlight Team have joined together to share a special Christmas Treat Recipe Blog Hop event with everyone tonight! They have whipped up some treats in their kitchens and their stamp rooms over the past few weeks so we could compile our very first Recipe Book for StampTV!

Hi there! The recipe I am sharing tonight is a quick and easy favorite around my house. I hope you will like them too! I am going to keep my post short and sweet so you can continue along on the hop. The cookie recipe and card recipe are listed below.

Peanut Butter Dream Bites

Ingredients:
· 1 1/4 cups flour, sift or stir before measuring
· 1/2 teaspoon salt
· 1 teaspoon baking powder
· 1/2 cup butter
· 1/2 cup peanut butter
· 1/2 cup granulated sugar
· 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
· 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
· 1 egg
· 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (for topping)

For crust:
Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars; beat in vanilla and egg. Stir in flour mixture, blending well. Place dough in lightly greased 13” x 9” baking dish and flatten to create cookie bottom. Bake at 375° for about 14 to 16 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before adding chocolate topping.

For topping:
Melt chocolate chips in microwave safe bowl in 30 second increments until chips are melted. Pour chocolate over peanut butter crust and refrigerate until chocolate is firm. Cut into bite sized squares and enjoy!

Recipe for Peace, Hope, Love card:
Stamps: Festive Frame, A Year of Flowers (Gina K. Designs)
Cardstock: PL Ivory, PL Chocolate Kiss, PL Rocket Red (Gina K. Designs), Vintage DP (Webster’s Pages)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Embellishments: Cuttlebug Textile Texture EF, Brown Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Copic Markers (E31, Blender)

Check out these designer's blogs for the sweet projects they've designed around their treats:

Carolina Buchting
Carla Suto
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Jessica Fick
Joy Hadden
Karen Knegten
Kay Simmons
Lee Murphy
Linda Payne
Lori McAree
Melissa Cash {you are here}
Pam Imholz
Selma Stevenson
Sue Morris
Sue VanDeVusse
Sue Walsh
Vicki Dutcher

Then, stop by GinaK's blog for a super sweet give-away she has tonight in honor of the hop!

The Recipe Book will be available as a free download PDF on StampTV tonight as well. Look for it on the Freebie Tab link.